Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Nepal
Nepal: Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.63 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Nepal, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 0.63 LSU/ha for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 36.4% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Nepal peaked at 0.99 LSU/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.63 LSU/ha, in 2023.
Nepal ranks 25th of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8322 LSU/ha | 0.82 LSU/ha | 0.87 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.833 LSU/ha | 0.81 LSU/ha | 0.86 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.799 LSU/ha | 0.76 LSU/ha | 0.85 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.793 LSU/ha | 0.75 LSU/ha | 0.83 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.836 LSU/ha | 0.82 LSU/ha | 0.87 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.91 LSU/ha | 0.87 LSU/ha | 0.96 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8975 LSU/ha | 0.63 LSU/ha | 0.99 LSU/ha | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.43 °C (2025)
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- Total fibre furnish — Production 53,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 418 1000 USD (2024)
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- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 2,588 1000 USD (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Nepal?
- Cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area in Nepal was 0.63 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.99 LSU/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.63 LSU/ha in 2023.
- How does Nepal rank for cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Nepal ranks 25th out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cattle — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.